Cutter for paper-holders.



Patented June 10, 1913.

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MARTIN LUTHER BENGSTON, OF WILLIAMS, ARIZONA.

CUTTER FOR PAPER-HOLDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11), 1913.

Application filed May 20, 1912. Serial No. 698,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. BENGSTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of "Williams, in the county of Coconino and State ofArizona, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Cutters forPaper-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cutters for paper holders, and has forits object, the provision of a simple, inexpensive device of thecharacter specified, capable of attachment to existing holders withoutchange in the holder itself, and wherein the cutting device is actuatedby a continuation of the same movement that withdraws the paper from theholder.

In the drawings Figure vertical section of a paper holder provided withthe improved cutter, Fig. 2 is a front View of the same, and Fig. 3 is apartial bot-- tom plan view of the cutter.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown applied to a paperholder, comprising a pair of laterally spaced uprights or standards 1,each having a base 2, for permitting the standard to be connected to acounter or the like, and the standards are connected at their upper endsby a cross plate 3. The upper ends of the standards are flangedlaterally, as indicated at 4 for engaging the plate 3, and the plate maybe secured in place in any desired manner. Each standard is provided atapproximately its center, with a bearing 5' for receiving a shaft 6,arranged between the standards, and the roller 7 for the roll 8 of paperis secured on the shaft.

The improved cutter is supported by a pair of oppositely arranged curvedor areshaped arms 9, and each of the said arms is provided at one endwith a lateral flange 10. The arms are curved in the plane oftheirwidest dimension, and the curve is of such radius and the arms of suchlength, that the ends of the arm are at approximately right angles toeach other. Each arm is arranged adjacent to a standard, with the flange10 abutted against the lower face of the plate 3, and bolts 11 arepassed through the plate 3 and the flange, and are engaged by nuts 12.The arm extends downwardly toward the shaft and forwardly, so that theouter ends of the arms are in front of the roll 8 of paper.

Each arm is also provided with a lateral inwardly extending flange 13,

1 is a transverse on its under edge, and near its outer end, and a plate14 is arranged between the arms, at this point, resting at its ends onthe flanges 13. Screws 15 are passed through openings in the flanges andengage the plate to hold the said plate in place.

The plate is beveled on its upper face, and at its front edge, asindicated at 16, in Fig. 3, and a plate 17 is mounted to swing betweenthe arms above the plate 14. The plate 17 is supported at its rear orupper edge by means of pivot pins 18. The plate 17 is of greater widththan the plate 14, and the under face of the said plate 17 is beveled atits front or lower edge, as shown at 19. The free edge of the plate 17rests normally upon the front edge of the plate 14, and the paperpassing from the roll 8 is held between the adjacent edges of the plates14 and 17, as shown in Fig. 1, when the paper is not in use, and thefree end of the paper is thus always in position to be grasped by thewrapper or salesman.

A roller 20 is journaled between the plates 14 and 17, below andslightly behind the pins 18, for supporting the slack' or bight of thepaper between the roll and the gripping plates 14 and 17. A cross bar 21is arranged between the arms, at their outer ends, and in verticalposition, and is held in place by screws 22, passing through the armsand engaging the ends of the bar. The bar 21 is of less width than thearms, and the lower edge of the bar is spaced above the lower edges ofthe arms. A blade 23 is arranged on the front or outer face of the bar21, near its lower edge, and the lower edge of the blade extends belowthe lower edge of the cross bar, and is serrated, as indicated at 24.The blade extends the full length of the cross bar, and is secured tothe bar by screws 25, which are passed through openings in the blade andengage the bar. The free edge of the plate 17 is moved upward whentraction is made on the paper, in an upward direction, as indicated inFig. 1, and the said free edge engages the lower edge of the bar 21.

In use the free end of the paper is held between the clamping orgripping plates 14 and 17, with a part thereof projecting beyond thesaid plates to permit the paper to be grasped. WVhen it is desired towithdraw a sheet of paper, the free edge is direction to draw grasped,and moved 1n a the paper from the roll. When enough has been withdrawn,the hand holding the end of the strip of paper is lifted and the paperis brought into contact with the serrated edge of the blade. Theclamping plate 17 is by this movement moving against the bar 21 as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1, and if a little greater force is exerted atone edge of the paper than at the other, the blade cuts smoothly acrossthe strip. No great amount of force is necessary to cause the blade tocut, and as soon as the portion held in the hand is separated, the plate17 drops into the full line position of Fig. 1, and clamps the end ofthe paper between plates 14 and 17, and with a portion protruding. frombetween the blades.

Should the roll overrun, the bight or slack is held up by roller 20. Thearms 9 are near the ends of the roll 8 of paper, and as the bladeextends from arm to arm the paper may always be cut entirely across. Theact of cutting is entirely automatic. The serrated edge of the bladeextends below the lower face of the plate 17, when the said plateengages the cross bar with its free edge.

I claim 1. The combination with a paper holder comprising a pair ofspaced standards, a roller journaled between the standards, and a crossplate connecting the tops of the standards above the roller, of acutting device comprising an arc-shaped arm secured at one end to thecross plate at each end of the roller, the free ends of the armsextending in front of the roller, a plate connecting the arms at theirlower edges and near their free ends, said plate having its upper facebeveled at its front edge, a sec ond plate pivoted at its upper edgebetween the arms, the free lower edge of the plate resting normally onthe first plate at its front edge and clamping the paper on said plate,said second plate being beveled on its lower face at its front edge, aroller journaled between the arms below and in rear of the pivoted edgeof the second plate, a cross bar connecting the front ends of the armsat their upper edges, the lower edge of the bar being in position forengagement by the free edge of the second plate when said plate ismoving upward, and a blade secured to the front face of the cross bar atits lower edge, the free lower edge of the blade being serrated andextending below the lower face of the second plate when said plate is inengagement with the cross bar.

2. The combination with a paper holder comprising a pair of spacedstandards, a roller journaled between the standards, and a cross plateconnecting the tops of the standards above the roller, of a cuttingdevice comprising an arc-shaped arm secured at one end to the crossplate at each end of the roller, the free ends of the arms extending infront of the roller, a plate connecting the arms at their lower edgesand near their free ends, said plate having its upper face beveled atits front edge, a sec ond plate pivoted at its upper edge between thearms, the free lower edge of the plate resting normally on the firstplate at its front edge and clamping the paper on said plate, saidsecond plate being beveled on its lower face at its front edge, a crossbar con necting the arms and in position for engagement by the free edgeof the second plate when lifted by the paper, and a blade secured to thebar and depending below the.

same, the lower edge of the blade being serrated and extending below thesecond plate when in engagement with the bar.

MARTIN LUTHER BENGSTON.

Witnesses:

' H. YODER,

J. W. LEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

